Summer is around the corner and I know we’re all excited! Summer is meant for fun but it is also a great time to review, build, and strengthen academics. Kiddos typically lose 25% of what they learned in an academic year over the summer months. “If you don’t use it, you lose it” and “Summer slump.”
To prevent this from happening, try some educational activities a few times a week to keep your kids sharp!
Summer Resources:
- Practice for Parts of speech (Beginner and Advanced Levels) –http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
- Variety of Reading/Math resources by grade –http://www.abcya.com/fifth_grade_computers.htm
- Sight Words and Spelling Practice- http://www.wilsonreads.com/sight-words-and-spelling.html
- Power Proofreading- http://eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
- Story Starters for writing – http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/adventure-writing-prompts/
- Writing Prompts for kids- http://www.writingprompts.net/5th-grade/
- Free Storybooks to Read online- http://www.magickeys.com/books/
- Mad Libs for Kids – http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
- Every Day Edits – http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/edit.shtml
- Grammar Blast- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/index.html#five
- According to Stella – Website Roundup: Science – https://accordingtostella.com/2015/09/13/website-round-up-science/
- According to Stella – Website Roundup: Math – https://accordingtostella.com/2015/09/11/website-round-up-math/
- According to Stella – Website Roundup: LA – https://accordingtostella.com/2015/09/12/website-roundup-language-arts/
- According to Stella – Website Roundup: Multi-Subject – https://accordingtostella.com/2015/09/02/website-round-up-multi-subject/
Click to download worksheets:
Grade: 4-6 Reading List
- Sideways Tales from Wayside School: Louis Sacher
- Roald Dahl Chapter Books: Roald Dahl (Selections)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- James and the Giant Peach
- Matilda
- The Witches
- George’s Marvelous Medicine
- The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
- Danny, Champion of the World
- The Magic Finger
- The Enormous Crocodile
- B. White Chapter Books: E.B. White
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Trumpet of the Swans
- Stuart Little
- Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling
- Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby: Beverly Cleary
- The Indian in the Cupboard, Etc.: Lynne Reid Banks
- Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries: Donald J. Sobol
- Castle Court Kids: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- Little House on the Prairie (The Laura Years Series): Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Anne Mazer
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School: Louis Sachar
- Nancy Drew Mysteries: Carolyn Keene
- The Hardy Boys: Franklin W. Dixon
- Dragonwings, Etc.: Laurence Yep
- Out of the Dust, Etc.: Karen Hesse
- The Worm Tunnel Mystery, Etc.: Michael Dahl
- Jacob Have I Loved, Etc. : Katherine Paterson
- The Wolves Chronicles: Joan Aiken
- The Orphan of Ellis Island, Etc.: Elvira Woodruff
- Walk Across the Sea, Etc.: Susan Fletcher
- Island of the Blue Dolphin, Etc.: Scott O’Dell
- A Corner of the Universe, Etc.: Ann M. Martin
- Misty of Chincoteague, Etc.: Marguerite Henry
- Julie of the Wolves, Etc.: Jean Craighead George